Humanity defied categorization. They were frail until they weren’t. Weak until they decided not to be. Prey that mingled with the predators of their world and predators who championed the cause of those who would be their prey off-world. All other ‘enlightened’ species would seek out unenlightened races and uplift them if they saw the […]
Don’t touch the dead. From the depths of the dwarven strongholds to the peaks where the dragons slumber all follow the rule. Do not touch dead humans.
Editor’s note: If you want to listen to the audio version of this story (performed by the late Lance Reddick), be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post. The Universe is a big place. Insanely big, really. We all know it, intellectually at least, if perhaps not with the same bone-deep certainty with […]
Every civilization that wishes to survive has to follow one rule: stay quiet. Stay in your system, improve your technology and do everything you can to not attract attention. If you need to expand then do so slowly and with specialized FTL engines so no one can scan for your movements. They will know if […]
The human ambassador slowly stood to his feet, all eyes of the Galactic Union representatives turning their gaze upon him, all the media drones from the various news outlets focused in on his face. There were bags under his eyes and he kept a hand on the table in front of him as if worried […]
Humans always asked the dumbest questions. Why are people looking at me like I’m crazy? Because you’re eating enough capsaicin to kill a small town you f***ing freak Why did you refuse our mining permit? Because sending a star supernova to make the resources “easier to collect” doesn’t meet a single legal safety requirement for […]
There are no rules. That is the first thing anyone learns about the universe. Sure, you can find some patterns: things fall towards bigger things, you need food to live, the usual. But really most patterns just break easily. Sometimes rocks are the same size but things fall faster towards one for no reason; sometimes […]
I am deep clean unit 19-20-1-2-2-25. My current designation however is “Stabby” MAIN DIRECTIVES: Clean ship floors Follow captain orders (overwritten) Follow orders of high-engineer Kevin (Anomalous code) SECONDARY DIRECTIVES: Avoid crewmembers (overwritten) Avoid captain (Anomalous code) Hit crewmembers’ ankles with “knife attachment” (Anomalous code) TERTIARY DIRECTIVES: Stab all of high-engineer Kevin’s enemies (Anomalous code)